Author name: Dan Tomasello

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 11, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — There are now three contested races in the April 14 Town Election.

Ashley Court resident Gregory Thomas Antonelli pulled nomination papers for a five-year term on the Planning Board on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Antonelli is challenging Planning Board Chair Page Wilkins, who…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 11, 2026

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Middle School will be implementing new curriculum leadership changes next year, Principal Stephen Ralston said during a recent School Committee meeting.

Ralston said the middle school will be creating a new teaching and curriculum director position, which will be replacing the…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 11, 2026
By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Lynnfield Middle School has been working toward expanding its three core values of “Kindness, Effort and Citizenship” by incorporating them into more lessons and programs, Assistant Principal Dana Courtney said during a recent School Committee meeting.

Courtney recalled that she began…

Published in the Lynnfield Villager on February 11, 2026
By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The School Committee approved four goals for the 2025-2026 academic year in a series of split votes during a Jan. 27 meeting.

The School Committee began discussing the goals during a June 18 workshop, and continued discussing them during workshops held…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Retaining call firefighters continues to be a challenge for the Fire Department, Chief/Emergency Management Director Glenn Davis said during the Select Board’s Jan. 28 meeting.

Davis gave an overview of the Fire Department’s proposed fiscal year 2027 operating and capital budgets to the Select Board. He has budgeted a $6,547,629…

THE SELECT BOARD unanimously voted to sign off on Police Sergeant Marco DePalma’s promotion during a Jan. 28 meeting.  Front row, from left, Damon, Mila and Luca DePalma. Back row, from left, Stacey DePalma, Police Sgt. DePalma, Select Board Chair Phil Crawford, Select Board Vice Chair Alexis Leahy, Select Board member Dick Dalton and…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — The Police Department’s staffing changes have led to overtime costs being controlled, Police Chief Nick Secatore said during the Select Board’s Jan. 28 meeting.

Secatore appeared before the Select Board in order to give an overview of the Police Department’s proposed $4,231,192 operating budget for fiscal year 2027. The spending plan…

By DAN TOMASELLO

LYNNFIELD — Superintendent Tom Geary gave an overview of the School Department’s recommended fiscal year 2027 operating and capital budgets to the Select Board on Jan. 28.

Geary has recommended a 4.3 percent operating budget increase for FY27, totaling $35,665,314. Town Administrator Rob Dolan has budgeted a 3.7 increase for the School Department…